Underplayed Gems

After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

After Dark, My Sweet poster
Directed by
James Foley
Genre
drama film, film noir, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former boxer drifts into a small town. He gets involved with a widow and her shady uncle in a kidnapping plot.

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What happens

After Dark, My Sweet is a 1990 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by James Foley, written by Foley and Robert Redlin, and starring Jason Patric, Rachel Ward and Bruce Dern. It is based on the 1955 Jim Thompson novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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